玛格丽特·米切尔(Margaret·Mitchell)原是美国《亚特兰大日报》的一名女记者,在一次偶然的车祸中腿部受了重伤,被迫退职回家疗养。此间她在丈夫的动员下开始了写作生涯,功夫不负有心人,一部以美国南北战争为背景、自己早年的爱情纠葛为素材的长篇小说《飘》终于在1936年问世,并很快风靡全球。她本人从此亦一举成名,蜚声文坛。 Margaret Mitchell, a former female journalist for the U.S. newspaper Atlanta Journal, was severely injured in her leg during a casual accident and was forced to retire from her home for medical treatment. During this period, she started her writing career under the guidance of her husband and worked hard. But a novel “Gone with the Wind” dating from the early years of the American Civil War was finally published in 1936 and soon became popular in the world . Since then, she fame, famous literary world.